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ea0029p1808 | Thyroid cancer | ICEECE2012

Glucagonlike Peptide-1 Receptor Imaging as diagnostic tool in patients with Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma (MTC) - preliminary report.

Sowa-Staszczak A. , Pach D. , Jabrocka-Hybel A. , Tomaszuk M. , Przybylik-Mazurek E. , Mikolajczak R. , Janota B. , Hubalewska-Dydejczyk A.

Introduction and aim: MTC accounts for 5–10% of all thyroid cancers. Because of elevation postoperative calcitonin, short doubling time of calcitonin and no disease in available imaging techniques in some MTC patients, searching for new targets for radioisotope diagnostics is necessary.Among other overexpression of GLP-1 receptors have been shown on parafollicular thyroid C-cells.The aim of this study was to present the first ...
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ea0026p77 | Endocrine tumours and neoplasia | ECE2011

Could 99mTc labeled long-acting agonist of GLP-1 (Exendin-4) scintigraphy be a new tool in the diagnostics of unknown focus of insulinoma ? preliminary results

Hubalewska-dydejczyk A H D , Pach D P , Sowa-Staszczak A S S , Jabrocka-Hybel A J H , Stefanska A S , Gilis-Januszewska A G J , Mikolajczak R M , Janota B J

Introduction: GLP-1 receptors have been fund on different types of neoplasmÂ’ cells and density of these receptors appears to be more frequent in some of them. GLP-1 receptor scanning offers a new approach for successful localization of small or not detectable by other methods insulinomas and other cancers such as MTC, gastrinoma, pheochromocytoma, gastrinoma, etc.Aim of the study: The aim of study was to present first successful experiences with the...
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